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Laura Kennedy doesn't have time for elaborate day make-up. Here she skips through some tips and techniques to create the ultimate no-fuss low-maintenance look. Video: Niamh Guckian

In Week 2 of The Irish Times Get Swimming course, Melanie Knocher focuses on breathing, front crawl and sculling, while also increasing your distance to 800m. More details on irishtimes.com/getswimming

Taken in the skies above Lough Ree, preperations and practice runs are in full swing ahead of the Abbeshrule Air Show taking place over the June Bank Holiday weekend. Video: William Hillick. Music: krackatoa.

A stylish mews on Church Lane in Dublin 6 originally designed for its architect owners extends to 2,750 sq ft over three storeys and is on the market at €1.4 million. Video: Daniel O' Connor

Beauty and the Best is an Irish Times series of make-up tutorials and beauty tips from our experts Laura Kennedy and Aisling McDermott. This week, how to master the holy grail of make-up, cat-flick eyeliner. Video: Niamh Guckian

In Week 1 of the Irish Times Get Swimming course, Melanie Knocher focuses on Push and Glide, Breathing and the Front Crawl Kick. More details on irishtimes.com/getswimming

Over the 12 weeks of the Irish Times Get Swimming course, Melanie Knocher and Swim Ireland will take you through techniques and exercises to get you swimming a mile by the end of the course. More details on irishtimes.com/getswimming

There was plenty of glamour on display as A-listers turned heads on the Oscars red carpet. Video: Reuters

A project within the Galway docks, focuses on the restoration and revival of the galway hooker boats.Video: Daniel O'Connor

Cup of hotdog water? Check. Cruel jibes to aim at actors who are wearing their clothes all wrong? Check. Here's how to watch the Oscars, according to Patrick Freyne. Video: Kathleen Harris

The Cork bike scheme was introduced last December but it has left disgruntled taxi drivers and Councillors in its wake.

Pans at the ready, it’s that time of year again. Donal Skehan demonstrates the art of brilliant pancakes for Pancake Tuesday. Video: HomeCooked Productions

Four-wheel drive and an open roof bring new dimensions to the 300kmh roadster. Video: Neil Briscoe

Jimmy and Mary first met as teenagers in the Whitegate oil refinery in Cork in 1957, and romance blossomed. Both emigrated to England and never heard from each other again, until a note was passed to Jimmy in a restaurant in Cork. Video: Cathal Kenna

Polyamory Ireland is a 300-strong group of people who practise the relationship model of having more than one partner at any given time. We talk to one member, Tim Sinnott, about his own experience as a polyamorist.

We visit Aviva Stadium as the staff of Emerald Facility Services use hoists and abseiling methods to clean the high level polycarbonate sheeting of the stadium’s facade,
ahead of the first Six Nations home game against France. Video: Bryan O'Brien

Artist Brien Vahey brings in spring by painting witch hazel at his home in Co Wicklow. Video: Cyril Byrne

Elks, a young Dublin clothing company for kids, is kicking against disposable clothing with designs in traditional Irish textiles such as tweed, wool and linen. We speak to its founder Lucy Clarke and her daughter JoJo. Video: Kathleen Harris